Tag: photos

Does Snow Kill Black Flies?

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Fresh Eggs

Today it’s snowing and I am hoping that this cold day has caught the nasty black flies off-guard and will kill them off.

Yes, it’s April (almost May) in New Hampshire and that means we can start getting a good arm work out whenever we go outdoors. It’s known as the NH wave.

Already the biting bugs are plentiful and making any outdoor chores unpleasant.

You might wonder why I have two eggs in my intro picture and it’s because I had to watch my neighbor’s chickens last week while they were away and I get paid in eggs. It has nothing to do with the rest of my post, but I like to include photos. So now I have lots of eggs, bugs everywhere and a rambling post.

At least the snow has quit falling.

I worked on this picture of a cool looking moth yesterday. I had a customer ask me for something special and this is part of the order I fulfilled. The moth was in my driveway last year.

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Some work I did for a customer

Thankful Every Day

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The Neighbors Take a Surry Ride

After losing much over the past 3 years, I have learned to be constantly thankful for what I have. Each day I am thankful for:

    *Being able to get out of bed because my body works!
    *My eyesight, good hearing and a lucid mind (for the most part, it works pretty well!)
    *My children – I’ve always been amazed that I have such great kids
    *Enough money to live on – I am not hungry and have plenty of clean water to drink
    *A car that runs and money to put gas in it
    *Decent housing and a fabulous landlord, which means I won’t have to move again for a while
    *My camera and computer, so I can earn a living
    *Friends who care
    *The wonderful answer to prayer that I live where I live and am surrounded by such beauty each day.

And there is so much more.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day, whether you are alone or with a loving family, you too have much to be thankful for.

Demanding Squirrels, A Picture Story

My squirrels are crazy…and bold! Once all the seed they can steal from the birds is gone they come looking for more – even if it means coming inside!

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Heading to the food source

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Hello..I need more seeds…

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Don’t worry honey, I’ll find a way in..(his wife is in the background)

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I see how this door opens…

I sit next to the slider most of the day while working on my laptop at the kitchen table 
and when I hear the scratching at the door this is what I see.

Maybe I could train them to fill the feeders for me.

The Survival of a Pansy

I was cleaning up my Picasa photo section and came across this photo I took during the summer months.
This pretty little pansy grew between the cement blocks all summer. It just happened to take root in a spot where we seldom set foot. So always being “stepped over” it continued to grow.

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Pansy In the Walkway

I call it a Pansy, but I think it might be a Violet.

I have so many photos that I mean to use either for work, or blogging, but they get lost in the mass of saved pictures, but I thought this little guy deserved to be shown.

I’ll be looking for “him” next Spring.